Melvin
Calvin University Professor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
Nobel Laureate
1911-1997
"In all of his activities Calvin was an unpretentious but enthusiastic
participant, eager to know why some action was to be taken or how
some physical phenomenon could be understood. His genius was in asking
the right questions and seeing explanations that did not readily occur
to others."

William
Garfield DaubenProfessor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
1919-1997
"In Berkeley, Dauben started an active research program in several
areas. His studies on the photochemistry of Vitamin D initiated an
extensive program in organic photochemistry. He was at the forefront
of the surge of activity in this area in the 1960s and 1970s. His
work included photochemical studies of dimes and trienes and contributed
to the synthesis of strained compounds such as transryclohexene and
small-ring systems."

William
Dulaney GwinnProfessor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
1916-1997
"The molecules studied with microwaves had a variety of complexities.
They ranged from rigid molecules, often with nuclear quadrupole interactions
yielding bonding information, to molecules with motions such as internal
rotation or ring-puckering, as found in five-membered rings, which
yielded internal potential energy functions. These studies resulted
in detailed information about structure and internal motion never
obtained before."

Kenneth
Sanborn PitzerProfessor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
1914-1997
"During this period just before the Second World War, he obtained
many important results in thermodynamics and internal rotation of
molecules. For example, he discovered that one of the carbon atoms
in cyclopentane pops up out of the plane of the other four carbon
atoms (to relieve torsional strain), but that the identity of the
non-planar carbon rotates around the ring, a phenomenon he dubbed
'pseudorotation.'"

Charles
W. TobiasProfessor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
1920-1996
"Among his other notable accomplishments one may mention the
development of electrochemical techniques for measuring mass- and
heat-transfer coefficients in free and forced convection, analysis
of the effect of electrode resistance on local reaction rates, elucidation
of the nature of conductivity in two-phase systems, introduction of
computers for the calculation of current and potential distributions
within electrolytic cells . . ."

Ewald
Theopholis GretherProfessor of Business Administration and Dean of the College
of Commerce, School of Business Administration, and Graduate School
of Business Administration, UC Berkeley
1899-1994
"Grether played a major role in changing both the image and the
reality of business schools in the United States. . . .
He clearly viewed the proper role of the business school to be similar
to that of the medical school. . . .
Business schools at the leading universities across the country began
to shift toward the model that Grether had already put in place at
Berkeley."

George
Claude PimentelProfessor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
1922-1989
"In the mid-60s George's study of fast reactions unlocked the
secret for converting chemical energy directly into laser light. The
chemical laser has since taught us much about chemical reactions and
about the transfer of energy among molecules. It has also been developed
into large and powerful laser systems. Meanwhile, George's high-speed
infrared spectroscopic techniques proved adaptable to the devising
of instruments for remotely determining the composition of the atmosphere
and surface of Mars."

Joel
Henry HildebrandProfessor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
1881-1983
"After his high school mathematics was completed with solid geometry
and trigonometry, he discovered independently the power and beauty
of calculus. After he had learned as much chemistry as his teacher
(the principal) knew, he was given the key to the laboratory, a college
laboratory manual, and encouragement to learn more on his own. "

Catharine
de Motte Greene QuireProfessor of Accounting and Business Administration and Associate
Dean of Women, UC Berkeley
1893-1978
"She was in charge of the laboratory sections in the elementary
accounting course at Berkeley. As happens so frequently in such cases,
the students learned accounting almost entirely from Catharine. After
each section meeting, she presided at a table in a nearby coffee shop
to help students; as many as six to twelve would show up at a time.
She made the accounting laboratories exciting, a most unusual and
exacting accomplishment."

Wendell
Meredith StanleyProfessor of Moleculary Biology and Biochemistry and Founder
of the Virus Laboratory, UC Berkeley
Nobel Laureate
1904-1971
"Stanley's activities in education extended far beyond the campus;
his lectures to diverse audiences and especially to lay and medical
groups were most effective in promoting scientific ideas and basic
research."

Frederick
Richard JensenProfessor of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
1925-1987
"His most important contributions are probably in electrophilic
reactions of organometallic compounds and particularly in organomercury
chemistry. This was an especially difficult research area because
of the changes in reaction course occasioned by small amounts of impurities
that could change the mechanism from electrophilic substitution to
free-radical reactions, yielding compounds having different stereochemical
and even structural properties."

Willis
Linn JepsonProfessor of Botany, UC Berkeley
1867-1946
"His memory is perpetuated by the saxifragaceous genus Jepsonia,
and by a host of commemorative specific names. But these tokens are
insignificant in comparison with the tremendous debt owed him by every
student of Californian natural history. He was remarkably successful
both as a teacher and writer in communicating his great enthusiasm
for the flora which he had done so much to make understandable."